| abstract |
To produce higher, predominantly unbranched, primary alcohols, olefins from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are reacted with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of water and rhodium in metallic form or as a compound and a water-soluble phosphine as a catalyst. The reaction product obtained is hydrogenated. Compounds are used as water-soluble phosphines, the anion of which is a phosphine containing at least one sulfonated or carboxylated aromatic radical and the cation of which is a quaternary ammonium or phosphonium ion. |